The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-04-08

hold the child's nose and force down .
dose Of rhubArb or calomel. You can not
drive Jour children into the ark. You can
draw your children to Christ, but you can
not coerce them. The cross was lifted not
to drive. but to draw.
II be lifted mp will draw all men unto ma.
As the sun draws up the drops Of MORN
ing dew, so the sun Of righteousness ex-
hales t. tears Of repentance.
Chae thou and all thy house into the ark.
Be sire that you bring your husband
and wife with you How would Noah have
felt il, when he heard the rain pattering
ON the roof Of the ark, he knew Mat his
wife was outside in the storms No; she
went with him. And yet some Of you are
on the ship ''outward-bound"f for Heaven.
but your companion Is unsheltered. You
remember the day when the marriage
ring was set. Nothing has vet been able
TO break it. Sickness came, and the finger
shrank, but the ring staid on. The twain
stood alone above child's grave. and the
dark mouth of the tomb swallowed up q
thousand hopss; but the ring dropped not
into the open grave. Days Of poverty
came, and the hand did many hard days
work; but the bling of the work against
the ring only made it shine brighter.
Shall that ring ever be lost! Will ths
iron clang Of the sepulcher-gate crush
it foreveri Ipray God that you who have
been married on earth may be together in
heaven Oh! BY the quiet bliss Of your
earthly home; by the babes cradle; by all
the vows Of that day when you started
life together, ! beg you to see tot that you
both get into the ark.
Come in, and bring your wife or your
hue ap nd he han
religion. or ding -donging them about re-
ligion, but by . consistent life and by
compelling prayer that shall bring the
throne OF God down into your bedroom
Better live in the smallest house in
the city and get into heaven than live
fifty years in the finest house in the
land and wake up at last and find that
one Of you, fer all eternity, is outside the
ark. Go home tonight, lock the door
Of your room, take up the Bible and
read it together, and then kneel down
and commend your souls to Him who has
watched you all these years; and before
you rise there will be huttering of
wings over your head, angel crying to an
gel:
'.Behold, they prayr'
But this does not include oil your fam
lily. Bring the children, too. God bless
the dear childreni What would our homes
be without theml We may have done
much for them. They may have done
more for US. What salve for a wound
ed heart there is in the soft palm Of .
child's handl Did harp or aute ever have
such music as there Is in . child's Good
nightf' From our coarse, rough life, the
angels Of God are often driven back, but
who comes into the nursery without
feeling that angels are lowering
aroundl They who die in in
fancy go into glory, bat you are
expecting your children to grow up IN this
world. Is it not question, then. that
rings through all the corridors, sn1 wind
ings, and heights and depths Of your soul.
what is to become of your sons and
daughters for time and eternitys
''O!' you say "Imean to see that they
have good manners"
Very we'll
Il m.an to dress them well, if I have
myself to go shabby"
Very good.
81 shall give them an education, and I
shall leave them fortune"
'sVery we'll But is that ALI Don't you
mean to take them into the ark Don't
you know that the storm is coming. and
toat out Oh = nFlSG tnefe Is no o8Iebys no
pardon! no hope! no Heavenl
How to get them inl Go in yourself II
Noah had stayed out do yo1 not suppose
that his sons, Shem, Ham and Japhet,
would have stayed outl Your sons and
daughters will be apt to do just as you do.
Reject Christ yourself and the probability
is that your children will reject him.
An account was taken Of the religious
condition Of families in a certain district.
In the families Of pious parents two-thirds
of the children were Christians. In the
families where the parents were ungodly,
only one-twelfth of the children were
Christians. Responsible, as you are, for
their temporal existence. you are also re.
sponsible for their eternity. Which way
will you take them! Out into the deluge,
or into the ark! Have YOU ever made one
earnest prayer for their immortal soulsi
What will you say in the judgment, when
God asks:
sWhere is George. or Henry, or Frank,
or Mary. or Ann! Where are those pre-
cious souls whose interests I committed
into your handsi-
A dying son said to his father:
''Father, you gave me an education, and
good manners, and every thing that the
world could do for me; but, father, you
never told mo how 70 die, and now my sou
is going out in the darkness"
Go home and erect . family altar. You
may break down in your prayer-but
never mind, God will take what you
mean, whether you express it intelligibly
or not Bring all Jour house into the ARK.
Is there one son whom you have given upi
Is he so dissipated that you have stopped
counseling and praying: Give him up,
How dare you give him up. Did
ever God give thes upl Whilst thou hast
single articulation OF speech left, cease
not to pray for the return Of that prodigal.
He may evcn now be standing on the
beach at Hong Kong or Madras, meditat-
ing a return to his fathers house. Give
him up. Never give him up. Has God
promised to hear thy prayer only to mock
theel It is not too late.
In st. Paul's, LONDON, there 10 . whis-
pering gallery. voice uttered most
feebly at one side Of the gallery Is heard
distinctly 1t the opposite side, . great dis
lance OF. 30, every word o! earnest
PRAYER goes all around the earth, and
makes Heaven . whispering gallery. Go
into the ark-not to sit down, but 10 stand
in ths door, and call until III the family
come in. Aged Noah, whore . Japhes.
David, where - Absaloml Hannah, where
is Samell Bring them in through
Christ, the door. Would it not be pleas.
ant to spend eternity with our familiesl
Gladder than Christmas or thanksgiving
festival will Be the reuniou. II We get AL
our family into the ark. Which Of them
can we spare out Of heaven!
On one Of the late steamers there were .
father and two daughters journeying.
They seemed extremely poor. A benevo-
lent gentleman stepped up to the poor
man TO prefer some form Of relisf, and
saids - -
s.You seeu IN te vepy poor sip',